281861
I spent the day at home was not well [FIGURE] I received a letter from L. Snow
~ Saturday
29 I spent the day in the Endowment House til 1 oclok we gave Endowments to
some 45 persons Mostly From Brigham City I spent the afternoon in the office
The poney Express arived 8 minutes to 10 oclok PA.M. We got the Extra at
4th [FIGURE] I spent the day in attending the great celebration of the 4th
in Great Salt Lake City the greatest celebration ever had in this Teritory see the accounts in the News & Mountaineer
~ Friday to ~ Saturday
5 & 6. I spent the time mostly at home
~ Sunday to ~ Saturday
7th to 13. I spent this week making fence on the North & west of
my Garden
~ Sunday
14th Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning. I attended meet-
ing at the Tabernacle. D. SpenesH C Kimball & B. Young preached
in the afternoon. President Young & Kimball & W Woodruff in the afternoon
~ Monday to ~ Friday
15 to 19 I spent the time making fence & drawing Hay.
My Harvest Apples began to get ripe this week the last dispatch
brought word that there had been a great fight in Missouri
& some 1500 killed on both sides
21 Sunday I attended meeting at the Tabernacle President Wells spoke ofto the people & called for teams to go to Camp
Floyd to bring freight which the Church had bought at
the auction sales they had bought 25 tons of flour at $50 ten dollars per ton He preached well to the people. I
followed him Joseph Young preached in the afternoon.
~ Monday to ~ Thursday
22 to 25 I spent the time drawing Hay
~ Friday
26th I spent the forenoon watering the garden the afternoon in
the office
281861
I spent the day at home was not well [FIGURE] I received a letter from L. Snow
~ Saturday
29 I spent the day in the Endowment House til 1 oclok we gave Endowments to
some 45 persons Mostly From Brigham City I spent the afternoon in the office
The poney Express arived 8 minutes to 10 oclokA.M. We got the Extra at
4th [FIGURE] I spent the day in attending the great celebration of the 4th
in Great Salt Lake City the greatest celebration ever had in this
Teritory see the accounts in the News & Mountaineer
~ Friday to ~ Saturday
5 & 6. I spent the time mostly at home
~ Sunday to ~ Saturday
7th to 13. I spent this week making fence on the North & west of
my Garden
~ Sunday
14th Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning. I attended meeting at the Tabernacle. D. SpenesH C Kimball & B. Young preached
in the afternoon. President Young & Kimball & W Woodruff in the afternoon
~ Monday to ~ Friday
15 to 19 I spent the time making fence & drawing Hay.
My Harvest Apples began to get ripe this week the last dispatch
brought word that there had been a great fight in Missouri
& some 1500 killed on both sides
21 Sunday I attended meeting at the Tabernacle President
Wells spoketo the people & called for teams to go to Camp
Floyd to bring freight which the Church had bought at
the auction sales they had bought 25 tons of flour at
ten dollars per ton He preached well to the people. I
followed him Joseph Young preached in the afternoon.
~ Monday to ~ Thursday
22 to 25 I spent the time drawing Hay
~ Friday
26th I spent the forenoon watering the garden the afternoon in
the office
"Journal (January 1, 1860 – October 22, 1865)," June 28, 1861 - July 27, 1861, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 27, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/58GY